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SoundCloud Reveals 2017 Data

Soundcloud
Jason Tate

SoundCloud have released their 2017 year-end data:

We’ve amped up this year’s list for a total of 17 categories that touch every corner of the SoundCloud ecosystem, from hip-hop, pop, dance and rock, to what’s new, now and next in music culture. This year’s list celebrates the diverse creativity on the platform and within our community–everything from the buzziest tags in 2017 like ChillHop and Vaporwave, to the year’s most creative cities (welcome to the list Houston, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Seoul!).

Under Trump, E.P.A. Has Slowed Actions Against Polluters, and Put Limits on Enforcement Officers

The New York Times
Jason Tate

The New York Times:

The documents, which were reviewed by The Times, indicate that E.P.A. enforcement officers across the country no longer have the authority to order certain air and water pollution tests, known as requests for information, without receiving permission from Washington. The tests are essential to building a case against polluters, the equivalent of the radar gun for state highway troopers.

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Every Frame a Painting Shuts Down

YouTube
Jason Tate

One of my favorite YouTube channels, Every Frame a Painting, has decided to call it a day. The two creators have shared a postmortem on Medium that’s full of some advice and a look behind-the-scenes at what went into making the videos:

Every Frame a Painting is officially dead. Nothing sinister; we just decided to end it, rather than keep on making stuff.

The existing videos will, of course, remain online. But there won’t be any new ones.

The following is the script for what was supposed to be the final episode, voiced by both Taylor and myself. We were never able to make it. But we think it may be useful to some of you making your own work on the Internet, so we’re publishing it here.

Apple Buys Shazam

Apple
Jason Tate

Buzzfeed:

“We are thrilled that Shazam and its talented team will be joining Apple,” Apple spokesperson Tom Neumayr said in a statement to BuzzFeed News. “Since the launch of the App Store, Shazam has consistently ranked as one of the most popular apps for iOS. Today, it’s used by hundreds of millions of people around the world, across multiple platforms.”

I like this move for Apple as there’s lots of places Shazam’s technology can be used across their platform.

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A Weekend Plug

Chorus.fm
Jason Tate

I hope everyone is having a nice weekend. Hopefully it’s not too stressful. I just wanted to quickly plug the 2017 Holiday Gift Guide I posted up earlier this week, and once again call attention to our supporter program. As we get close to the end of the year we’re closing in on my personal goal for how many supporters I wanted to hit this year. We’re not quite there yet, so I wanted to once again ask if you like this website to please consider becoming a supporting member.

Also, on that note: “Dark Mode” for the main website should be completed within the week.

A Vulture Wake Announce New Album

Jason Tate

A Vulture Wake, featuring Chad Price (ALL/Drag The River), Joe Raposo (RKL/Lagwagon), Sean Sellers (Good Riddance/Real McKenzies), and Brandon D. Landelius (The Mag Seven), will be releasing their new album on January 31st via Bird Attack Records. The album was recorded at the Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado.

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